The Harem is a collective of fans of the long-overlooked female supporting characters of The X Files.

We have a community on LiveJournal for topical discussion. That's our primary meeting point. We also have a fairly comprehensive fiction archive. However, it is not up to date. Fiction posted since the end of the series may not be present or catalogued. The creator of the Harem, Deslea, is not active in X Files fandom anymore, but still hosts the database and will work with volunteers to get newer stories up on request.

He's not immortal. It took his death for me to realize that and now I can't stand the picture I see.

There will be no funeral, I know that. I don't know what will happen to his dead body and, honestly, I don't care. Alex isn't lying in front of me. Not the Alex I know. No life in his eyes, no ironic smile on his lips. Instead his eyes are wide open in shock. The last thing he saw was Skinner. He didn't see me running into the car park right before Skinner shot. He didn't see me collapsing ever him when I realized what happened.

I look at him and try to forget the picture I see.

This isn't the image I want to see every time I will remember him.

So I stand up and leave.

His life will go on in my heart.

As a man with life in his eyes.

END

I'm German, so make my teachers responsible for my mistakes *g*. This is for maidenjedi, 'cause she got me addicted to 155-words- stories.

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